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The Encyclopaedia Iranica is a project of Columbia University’s Center
for Iranian Studies and has been designed as a major research tool to provide a
detailed and accurate picture of an important world civilization from prehistory
to the present, a span of several thousand years. Covering a multi-lingual and multi-ethnic cultural continent, the
Encyclopaedia Iranica encompasses all aspects of the life, history, and civilization of the peoples
who spoke or speak an Iranian language; it also treats reciprocal influences
and interactions between these peoples and the neighboring regions, as well as
western and central Europe, Russia, and the United States.
The geographic centrality of
Persia has given it an important role throughout history. The Encyclopaedia
Iranica presents the Persian aspect of almost every field of human endeavor
and how it has contributed to the development of world culture. The greatest
significance of the Encyclopaedia is
that it serves as the repository for wide-ranging research and resources that
cannot be found in any other single source, serving scholars and researchers of
many disciplines and backgrounds.
The Encyclopaedia Iranica has been universally acclaimed by reviews in
academic journals. It has been
variously called a “masterpiece,” “the greatest academic project of the 20th
century concerning the Middle East,” the identity-card of the Iranian peoples,”
and “a treasure-house of accurate and reliable information regarding the Iranian
world.”
Thirteen volumes have been
published, bringing us to the middle of the letter “ I.” Over the past two years, the Encyclopaedia project has also launched
a new on-line edition. In addition to
making all the published articles also available free of charge in an on-line
version (www.iranica.com), basic articles
are now being invited irrespective of alphabetical order through the letter
Z. This is in order to 1) take full
advantage of living scholars, and 2) to expedite the completion of the Encyclopaedia. Such entries are published first online and later in print.
The Encyclopaedia Iranica has received the patronage of the
International Union of Academies (UAI) and the American Council of Learned Societies,
and is supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, an independent
Federal agency. It has also been
supported by contributions from individuals and foundations.
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please visit: www.eisenbrauns.com and/or complete this form and fax it to Eisenbrauns.
Please support the Encyclopaedia Iranica!
In 1990 the Encyclopaedia Iranica
Foundation was established in order to “promote the cause of the Encyclopaedia Iranica and assure its
completion” by raising funds for it.
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